Vending-machine.



M. J. MOORE.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED Nov/19. 1914.

Patnted Apr. 11, 1916.

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ATTORNEY M. I. MOORE.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I9I I9I4.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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the numerals 1 and 2, respectively, designate MICHAEL J. MOORE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. ii, 1916.

Application filed November 19, 1914. Serial N 0. 872,937.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. MOORE, citizen of the United States of America, residing'at Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vending machines and embodies, and anticipates all type of machines which might be developed prises a machine highly adapted to perform the 'fimctions for which it is designed.

A further object is 'to'p'roduce a machine of the character described which will have few moving and operating parts, which will render it unlikely to get out of working order, and reduce the cost of manufacture lVith these and various other objects in view the invention has relation to a certain combination and arrangement of parts, an example of which is described in the following specification, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 illustrates the machinein front elevation with the cover lid hinged back.

Fig. 2 illustrates a vertical longitudinal sec tional view with the cover lid closed. Fig."

3 is, a sectional view taken upon the line a aiofFig. 1. Fig. 4: is a'view of the coin carrier, part of said carrier being illustrated taining the stamps. Fig. illustrates the manner in which the disk displays and produces the stamp through the casing making "said stamp accessible to buyer. Fig. 7 1s a partial view of the rear face of the disk.

Referring now more in particular to the drawings wherein the same reference characters designate identical parts throughout,

the back and side walls of the casing of the machine.

The casing which, in this instance assumes the shape and form of a housing or box adapted to contain the elements comprising the invention, has formed on its lower extremity av base 3. A cover lid 41.- is provided and 1s hinged to the upper portion ofthe casing. Said lid is provided with a lock t3 which is adapted to engage a lug 6 formed lnthe casing. 'A felt or cotton pad will preferably be provided for deadening the sound of the coins which .drop into the box. A lug 8 is, in this instance,formed'integral. wlth the rear wall of the casing. Said lug is reduced to a spindle 9 which has its extremity screw threaded. A rotatable stamp carrying disk 10 is carried by the spindle 9, said disk being confined against the shoulder formed by the projection of the spindle from the lug: A nut 11 is carried by the spindle and lies contiguous with the front face of the disk and contacts and binds said disk sufficiently-close to cause same to rotate,

as later seen, with some friction, only@ enough friction being impressed by said nut against the disk to prevent said disk from rolling or turning too freely. A lock'nut 12 is carried by the spindle and against the nut .11 being adapted tolock the nut 11 and hold same in positive relation against the disk. The disposition of the disk within the casing is such that the front face and peripheral portions of the disk turn in close proximity to the upper portion 4 of the cover lid 4. The portion 4 of the lid is' disposed in such a manner as. to lie in a slightly angular proximity to the disk, which as will be later seen, is necessary to guide;

the stamps to a proper disposition. A bearing block 13 is screw threaded upon the ex-v tr'emity of the spindle and locked in positive relation therewithf by a set screw 14.-

The disk carries a plurality of stamp pockets 15, formed on 'the'rear face thereof.

Said-pockets are concentrically arranged and evenly and'regularly formed on said disk, each pocket being angularly disposed upon the disk; The pockets are formed hollow and of the proper size to contain the matter to be vended. In this instance the pockets are adapted to hold the severalstamps folded together which are produced upon theproper operation of the machine.

Slots 16 are formed in the disk, said slots being concentrically arranged and having less radius than that of the pockets.

the same disposition in the disk as have the pockets. The slots have their walls angularly formed and opening directly into the stamp pockets. Fig. 6 illustrates one of the pockets showing how the stamp 17 is adapted to be projected from the face of the disk. The" stamp 18 is shown with its projecting portion in contact with the inner wall of the cover-lid and having its projecting or free extremity bent forward in the direction of travel of the disk as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 6. The disk carries a plurality of pins 19 projecting from the front face of the wheel. Said pins are equal in number to the stamp pockets and disposed upon the wheel concentrically and of a diameter (if flexible ribbon or exhibitor 17 of a size similar to the stamp or card to be vended, is secured tothe face of the disk and is adapted to project angularly therefrom in a manner similar to' that of the stamp. Said member carries on its face the word Empty, which will be exhibited to a purchaser when the last or all pockets have been emptied of their wares.

A lip 20 is formed on the lid 4L having. its outer extremity formed in an easy curve and disposed in close proximity to the slots 16 of the disk. This placesthe lip in the path of the moving stamps,- a clearer description of the purpose of same is hereinafter more clearly described. A slot 21 is formed in the lid 4 adjacent to the lip 20. The nu iner-al 22 designates a reduced or dapped out portion formed around the slot 21, which reduces the'lid to a minimum in thickness; which, as later seen, allows the stamp to have a longer projection of length through the lidrendering said stamp very accessible to the buyer.

A rotatable coin carrier 23 is correlated with the disk. In this instance said coin carrier is horizontally mounted within the casing, the side wall 2 ournaling one extremity of said carrier while the other extremity is milled down to a point and journaled in a finished slot 24 formed in the bearing block 13. A knurled hand wheel 2% formed on a stem 25 which is journaled in the casing and passed into a hole formed in the r'nem-ber 23, completes the rotatable coin carrier. A shoulder 26 is formed on the extremity of the member 28. A lug 27 is formed on the casing wall and adapted to limit, in one direction, the turning of the coin carrier. A. helical spring 28" has its lower extremity secured to the casing wall and its other extremity coiled about the coin carrier where it is secured to said coin carrier by a pin 29 which is passed through the members 23, 25" and 28 securing all three in the single instance. Such construction admits ofrapidity and economy assembiting Y A coin slot 2'9 is formed in the coin car rier and is adapted to carry the particular coin which the machine may be adapted to receive. In this instance and illustrationthe machine is adapted to vend its wares upon the proper receipt of a five cent piece. Such coin is herein illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The slot 29 is therefore formed with a sufficient width to receive said coin and a. length just enough restrictive to prevent said coin from passing through. This, therefore, causes the coin to expose a predeterminal portion of its periphery above and from the slot 29.

A coin chute 30' is formed in the lid and interiorly depends therefrom to a position adjacent to and directly over the slot 29. A portion 31 is cut from the chute which will allow the coin free passage therefrom when the coincarrier is rotated.

In the operating of the machine the coin of proper denomination will be introduced into the coin chute where it will immediately gravitate to its proper position in the slot of the rotatable coin carrier. There remain only one other possible operation of the machine, which is, give the hand wheel a turn which action causes the coin to be carried from the chute around, toward the disk. The axis of rotation of the coin is the axis of the coin carrier. The periphery of the coin will immediately contact the pin 19, which lies adjacent to the coin carrier, and cause said disk to be rotated about its axis a peripheral distanceequal to the distance between the pins. This action brings the next pocket'and the stamp it carries into proximity of the slot 21 where the tongue -20 turns said stamp outward through the slot, thereby rendering the stamp accessible to the operator of the machine. When the coin carrier was rotated about its axis and the coin downwardly displaced the pin and passed by said pin, the coin immediately dropped out of the slot into deposit within the box.- Upon release, by the operator, of the wheel, the helical spring immediately returned the coin carrier to its original position, the shoulder 26 impinging the lug 27 stopping the carrier 23 in its original and proper position, ready and receptive for performance of sale to the next buyer and operator. Upon a complete revolution of the disk the pockets will have been emptied, it is seen how the exhibition member 17 a will be exposed through the slot 21, at which time the machine should be emptied of its collected coin and the pockets refilled.

The invention is presented to embody all modifications and changes which might properly come within the scope of the following claim.

111 avendiugmachine, acylindrical coin Stl carrier, :1 coin receiving slot formed in said -three elements named in a. substantial relacoln earner, a hole formed 1n one extremlty t10n., 1.0 of the com earner, a stem confined 1n the In testlmony whereof, I affix my slgnahole, a hand-Wheel formed on the stem, at ture in the presence of two wltnesses.

helical return spring having one fixed ex- MICHAEL J. MOORE. tremity, a pin passed through the other ex- WVitnesses:

tremity of the spring, passed through the J. C. LEDBETTER,

coin carrier and through the stem, fixing all H. G. CORBIN.

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